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The progress of human knowledge is measured by the increased habit of looking
at facts from new points of view , as much as by the accumulation of facts . The
mental capacity of one age does not seem to differ from that of other ages ; but it ...
The progress of human knowledge is measured by the increased habit of looking
at facts from new points of view , as much as by the accumulation of facts . The
mental capacity of one age does not seem to differ from that of other ages ; but it ...
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Newton realised that , while planets and satellites are chiefly controlled by the
central body about which they revolve , the new law must involve irregularities ,
due to their mutual action _ such , in fact , as Horrocks had indicated .
Newton realised that , while planets and satellites are chiefly controlled by the
central body about which they revolve , the new law must involve irregularities ,
due to their mutual action _ such , in fact , as Horrocks had indicated .
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Without definite expression at any particular date , it came to be an accepted fact
that not only do earthly dynamics apply to the heavenly bodies , but that the laws
we find established here , in geology , in chemistry , and in the laws of heat ...
Without definite expression at any particular date , it came to be an accepted fact
that not only do earthly dynamics apply to the heavenly bodies , but that the laws
we find established here , in geology , in chemistry , and in the laws of heat ...
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Contents
ANCIENT GREEK ASTRONOMY | 3 |
GALILEO AND THE TELESCOPENOTIONS OF GRAVITY | 46 |
NEWTONS SUCCESSORS HALLEY EULER | 60 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | History of Astronomy The history of science series |
| Author | George Forbes |
| Publisher | Watts, 1921 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 5 Aug 2010 |
| Length | 150 pages |
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